Preview: Work offline in FileMaker Go

How can we let users work offline in FileMakerGo and then get their work back to the main FMP system when they do get an internet connection? We can’t ask people to email a bunch of files to be processed manually, nor can we just open the served files and start importing records: what if the connection drops?

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A Push/Pull framework for FileMaker Go

GoZync is an unlocked framework you can add to your own mobile files, or use as the basis for new FMGo solutions. It manages all the essential problems of offline work:

26 Responses to Preview: Work offline in FileMaker Go

I sometimes feel like a broken record, John, but this stuff is way kewl. Doesn’t surprise me in the least, but the scenarios in which this can run are so varied this functionality HAS to be a must for anyone developing FM Go for iPad applications.

Very interested to see how you all have done this. I’m working on achieving the same result right now and keep running into problems where the local file will try to connect to the hosted file at random times and cause FMGo to grind to a halt.

Wow! I am thinking about implementing some reliable syncing mechanism between FM Go local database and a FileMaker Server since FM Go was released. But this goes farther than any of my thoughts. Great idea to use transactions. I am really looking forward to see it when it comes out.
I am especially curious how easy it will be to implement into an existing solution…

Thank you HOnza: means a lot. So far it is pretty easy to hook in to existing solutions. We’ve done two so far and hope to make the docs on this very clean. Best of all, it is *really* easy to add new fields, etc. to either side of your solution once Zync is in there.

Hi Berry, We’re finishing up the docs and gathering feedback from our first testers so it shouldn’t be long. But I don’t think we can commit to a date. But you know you can start on your solution now since a) GoZync can be added into solutions you already have, and b) it doesn’t require the mobile and hosted files share any schema: they can have completely different field names, tables, numbers of fields, etc. More soon!

“Expensive” depends on what you’re using it for. It’s really about the value of the information your mobile workforce is sending back: when that, or its timeliness, is of high value, GoZync makes a lot of sense. But it’s not cheap or inexpensive: it’s a serious solution, for serious business.

I’m looking for exactly this solution. Up to 9 engineers in the field, each collecting jobs in real time. Occasionally the signal is lost to their iPhones. That’s where GoZync would come in.
I’m developing a filemaker alternative to a commercial package that didn’t suit the client. Unfortunately, they’d be hesitant at spending such a great amount of money for the engine plus user licences. Shame. I know it’s not an easy task to script so kudos to your team who’ve managed to achieve it.

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